attitude vs gnomon

attitude

noun
  • The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc. 

  • The position of the body or way of carrying oneself. 

  • A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee. 

  • Unpleasant behavior. 

  • Disposition or state of mind. 

verb
  • To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc. 

  • To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose. 

gnomon

noun
  • An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude. 

  • A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram. 

  • An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. 

  • The index of the hour circle of a globe. 

  • A number representing the increment between two figurate numbers (“numbers equal to the numbers of dots in geometric figures formed of dots”). 

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